Friday, October 30, 2015

One, the fact that Ben Carson is NOT coming from a place of privilege, and two, the fact that there was no one moderating the Republican debate on CNBC that represented the LGBT community.

Ben Carson may believe he's coming from a place of privilege because he's straight, he's a male, and he's a medical doctor who has held important positions. But he's not. And when I hear other minorities slam the LGBT community (or any other minorities) like he slammed us the other night I think it's important to point that out. You can't claim you're not a homophobic if you don't support the basic equal right for gays to legally marry. It wasn't too long ago when mixed race marriages weren't legal on a federal level.

If CNBC had thought it was important enough, which obviously they didn't, they would have had someone from the LGBT community moderating questions that were related to LGBT issues. The moderators challenged other replies, but not Ben Carson's on gay marriage.

With that said, here's an article about Ben Carson I thought was one of the more interesting...

Rather than address the fact that opposing same-sex marriage is
basically the opposite of believing the Constitution protects same-sex
couples, Carson went on the defensive. “They shouldn’t automatically
assume that because you believe that marriage is between one man and one
woman that you are a homophobe,” he implored. “This is one of the myths
that the left perpetrates on our society and this is how they frighten
people and get people to shut up. That’s what the P.C. culture is all
about and it’s destroying this nation.”

I think this was Ben Carson's own personal I can see Alaska from my window moment. And that's a metaphor. I know Palin didn't actually say that. But she's said plenty.

They're calling this screenplay porn, but I've seen the media twist that too many times...not to mention the clickbait appeal with headlines. I sounds more like erotica to me because I can't imagine Gielgud writing a screenplay without a story line. And that's usually the difference between erotica and porn...the story line. However, if it is porn I'm still as interested as ever.

Gielgud evidently wrote a screenplay in the 1970's and it was kept a secret for a long time. A guy named David McGillivray has adapted the screenplay into a short film, which is causing some commotion with Gielgud's charitable trust.

“Earlier this year, the trustees decided not give their permission
for it to be produced because they didn’t think it was appropriate,”
trust member Ian Bradshaw told the Daily Mail. “They didn’t have to go into detail because they own the copyright.”

The film has entered the editing stage, and McGillivray staunchly defends his decision.

“Pornography is still a stigma in this country, but Sir John loved
porn and, in his letters, he talks about visiting gay cinemas,” he says.
“I was shocked when the trust didn’t give me permission. We stuck to
Sir John’s script very tightly when we made the film a couple of weeks
ago. He was very specific about the clothes he wanted the actors to
wear.”

You can read more here. I'd love to see it just to actually see if it is really porn. In 1979 Gielgud worked in the film Caligula and they are referring to that film as porn, too. That could be debated by people who know better.

Gus Kenworthy and Homophobic Troll

I follow Kenworthy on Twitter and I missed this one. I hate the way Twitter picks and chooses what I see...like Facebook does. I want to see it all, not just what they choose for me. I would like to have seen how Kenworthy handled a homophobic troll so well when it first happened. Seriously. I'm on Twitter several times a day and I have to find out about this while I'm writing a blog post?

Some idiot asked Kenworthy if he was the man or woman in the relationship. It's the age old idiotic question we've all been dealing with since the beginning of time.

Kenworthy's reply went like this:

In a relationship I am the man. As is the other man. I'm gay. Not trying to emulate a heterosexual relationship.

Second Chance: The Complete Series

About Me

Ryan
@ryanfield
Hybrid author of over 100 published modern romance novels and stories, including AN OFFICER AND HIS GENTLEMAN, FANGSTERS, THE RAINBOW DETECTIVE AGENCY and best selling VIRGIN BILLIONAIRE SERIES. (The profile photo isn't very good, but it's really me and it's recent from 2017. I'm not supposed to be a photographer. )
RfieldJ@aol.com

Second Chance: His Only Choice

Second Chance: The Sweetest Apple

Cowboy Christmas Miracle Glendora Hill Series

The Littlest Christmas Tree

Book 2 Second Chance Series

Best Seller on Allromanceebooks.com

Bad Boy Billionaire: The Actor Learning to Love

I won't give out any spoilers, but this is the first time I've ever worked the attacks on the World Trade Center into a novel (you can see the twin towers in the background on the cover)...it's also the first time I've ever written a strong lesbian theme into the subplot.

The Women Who Love to Love Gay Romance

An Anthology with Ryan Field Press, release date August 30, 2013...links to follow soon.

Fangsters: Clan of the Jersey Boys

At a glance, Anton Pagano looks and sounds just like any other twenty-something. He lives in a mansion in northern New Jersey with his mom and dad, and he's never had to worry about anything other than his wardrobe, his latest new car, and the secret love affair he's been having for years. However, Anton has more than just the love affair to hide: he belongs to a Sicilian vampire mobster clan that migrated to New Jersey in the late 1800s.

The Wall Street Shark

Third installment of the Bad Boy Billionaire series.

Note to All Readers...

I welcome all comments and e-mails from readers of this blog or readers of my books.

All comments on this blog are treated with absolute discretion and all anonymous comments will remain private at all times. All reader e-mails sent to me in private will also be treated with discretion and will never, NEVER, be reprinted or reposted anywhere in public by me unless I get permission, in writing, from the reader. In other words, your privacy will always be respected.

Facebook Badge

That Cowboy in the Window

Erotic Gay Romance with a twist.

Chase of a Dream

In this 59,000 word unabridged version of the sequel to "Chase of a Lifetime" that contains all of the original erotic scenes, Jim Darling finally finds the happiness he's been chasing for so long. He and Len Mayfield have settled into a quiet routine in their small newly renovated home in the Hollywood Hills, and they enjoy every minute they spend together raising Len's toddler grandson, Culum Mayfied.

An Officer and His Gentleman

Alyson Books

Ravenous Romance

all romance ebooks

Cleis Press

Pretty Man

Unlike most stories, where the rich and powerful husband dumps the hard working, devoted life partner for someone younger, this one takes a turn in the opposite direction when the rich husband is the one to get dumped. But with young Josh's help, Roland learns in less than a week's time that his future can still hold both earth-shattering sex and a love of real substance.

Whatever, Dude

When a young professional is mistaken for a hooker, the outcome is always shocking.

Disclaimer

I don't post photos or images here unless I'm certain they fall under the guidelines of fair use or public domain. But this blog has been around for a while and even though I've triple checked previous posts for photos and taken down anything questionable, I might have missed something and my intention was not to infringe on anyone's rights. I will continue to update, and all photos I post now will provide attribution of some kind. If not, they are believed to be in the public domain.